Today, Nathan and I headed back to Canberra to visit my family for the weekend. We flew on Tiger, Australia's newest budget carrier. Tiger required us to get to the airport two hours before departure. Since our flight was departing at 8.55am, we had to get up at the crack of dawn. We hauled ourselves over to catch the Skybus at 6am and got to the airport early. Just as well. The Tiger terminal was quite a hike from the rest of the airport. Actually, 'terminal' is probably being generous. It was more akin to a large metal shed. After waiting in the sidelines for 30 mins or so (because the checkin counter doesn't open until exactly 2 hours before departure), we got our boarding passes and headed straight back to the main airport to hang out and have some brekky. We returned prior to boarding and made another huge hike from the terminal to the waiting plane. I must admit that the interior of the airplane was quite nice (which is more than I can say for the flight attendant uniform...what was the company thinking, fitting their employees out in pale yellow cardigans accessorised with a kitsch tiger print scarf for a belt?). The flight was great. We were actually early touching down in Canberra. It feels strangely odd not to be delayed for a change. Anyhow, despite the tremendous amount of walking involved in getting to my plane today, I was quite impressed. I hope they do well.
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